For the most part they were not rich when they landed in this country. All they had was the land that was given them by the Grand Council and the talents to make that into whatever they could. Living on the land was hard at first. Crops were poor and deaths from typhoid and malaria were high particularly in the young. The vast majority of Pochés were simple farmers. As time progressed, some Pochés became plantation overseers while still others became involved in the sugar business as engineers. Both of these occupations often require planning and the giving of orders to others, many Pochés found themselves as natural leaders and sometimes officers in the Civil War. They were those warriors who could take and accomplish the battle orders of others.

It seems that as time progressed, Pochés as a whole became attracted by engineering, mathematics and science, education and business. Pochés began holding patents after Civil War era and are even today still applying for patents. Pochés are teachers at all levels of education and their old occupation of engineering still holds a great attraction to many. Mathematics and science still grab a lot of them. Today some find themselves strangely attracted into the computer sciences. The arts and the law have attracted only a very few Pochés.